Contact Katherine Tippins (katherine.tippins@maconstate.edu) for more details.
It is required that candidates:
• Be enrolled at Macon State College for a minimum of 6 credit hours and have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5.
• Have successfully exited all Learning Support requirements.
• Be willing to complete training as assigned, including the Macon State College Recognized Student Organization training session and mandatory student newspaper fundamentals training sessions.
• Work with the Student Media Coordinator to schedule staff training sessions in the various aspects of newspaper production.
• Have strong communication skills and ability to motivate staff.
• Be computer literate and should be willing to learn more computer skills.
• Maintain office hours (19.5 hours per week)
• Be willing to work closely with the Student Media Coordinator and the Student Media Advisory Board.
• Understand that Dean of Students will be asked to provide information related to the candidate’s disciplinary history
It is preferred that candidates:
• Have previous experience with the student newspaper or other newspaper (high school, college, or other)
Application process:
• Candidates are required to submit three examples of previously published work. All writing samples should be submitted in hard copy. One sample should be a graded paper from a class.
• Candidates must submit a statement describing his/her vision for the student newspaper.
• Candidates must submit a current resume.
Resume, copies of previous work and vision statement must be delivered to the attention of Michael Stewart, Assistant Dean of Students, Student Life Center, Room 121, Macon Campus. The chair of the Student Media Advisory Board will convene a meeting of the Board for review and selection of the successful candidate. The Student Media Coordinator will advise the successful candidate in writing of his/her appointment. The successful applicant will receive a stipend roughly equivalent to the salary of a student assistant working 19.5 hours per week.
